Shawl fragment

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Shawl fragment
Shawl fragment
Datelate 18th century
MediumWoven wool
DimensionsOverall: 25.4 x 22.9 cm (10 x 9 in.) Frame: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object numberS2024.5.8
Not on view
DescriptionBlue, red, black, and yellow design

Additional Details

Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "8. SHAWL WEAVE (hand loom). / ASIA MINOR (Ushak), late XVIII Century. / Shawls of this type are also made in Northen India."
Shawl fragment
Unknown artist, Scottish
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.34
Khilim fragment
Date: 19th century
Medium: Woven, dyed wool
Object number: S2024.5.13
Assorted textile fragments
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Embroidery and hand woven ribbon
Object number: S2024.5.21a-e
Headdress fragment
Unknown artist, Philippine Islands
Date: 19th century
Medium: Silk and fiber
Object number: S2024.5.3
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.6.9a-e
Tapestry fragment
Date: 18th century
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.30
Textile fragment
Date: 1800
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.15
Short coat (haori) lining fragment
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: c. 1920-1929
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.20
Woven fibers
Date: before 1927
Medium: Woven palm fiber, in two parts
Object number: S2024.5.1a-b
Textile fragments
Date: 18th century
Medium: a: Embroidered wool b: Velvet
Object number: S2024.5.12a-b
Batik fragment
Unknown artist, Javanese
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Cotton
Object number: S2024.5.4
Furnishing fabric fragment
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Cotton with silk embroidery
Object number: S2024.5.17